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Despite having a vote on the bill scheduled in
December, and with the campaigning already underway, the state Labor government, realising they had the numbers on the floor of the parliament, brought the bill to a vote on 6 November 1968. After a non-stop thirty-hour debate and with the vocal opponent
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The legislation to permit the referendum was itself highly contentious and did not pass parliament until 21 November 1968, after which the date of the referendum was set to be three weeks later on 14 December. With the vote on a knife's edge, it is alleged that the government deliberately proposed a
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The referendum passed by a margin of 6%, although the bill had already passed in
October that year, granting the licence to the Federal Group. There was considerable opposition to the casino, and concern over the fact that a monopoly licence was awarded to Federal Hotels without any call for a
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began to promote the development. Despite a vigorous campaign there was considerable opposition to the casino bill when it was introduced to parliament on 4 October 1968 as no casino licence had been granted in
Australia before. Two weeks later
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on the premises, citing that it would attract tourists during
Tasmania's traditional winter "tourist slump". Reece agreed that a casino would be a tourism attraction in Tasmania Reece and together with health minister
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newspaper reported the bill was likely to be lost by one or two votes. Reece and
Everett then withdrew the bill and on 31 October 1968 announced a referendum would take place to decide the issue.
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Are you in favour of the provisions of "Wrest Point Casino
Licence and Development Act, 1968", the full text of which has been published in the newspapers?"
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Casino
Industry in Asia Pacific: Development, Operation, and Impact
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Losing Streak: How
Tasmania Was Gamed By The Gambling Industry
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question that was opaque. The question put to the people was:
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held on 14 December 1968, which concerned the granting of
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719:Elections and referendums in Tasmania
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525:Yes: 96,839 (53%); No: 85,862 (47%)
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552:was completed and opened in 1973.
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1318:December 1968 events in Australia
16:Referendum in Tasmania, Australia
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22:1968 Tasmanian casino referendum
555:In 1985, the casino introduced
622:Boyce, James (14 March 2017).
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1001:Legislative Council elections
226:Results by electoral division
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276:about the prospect of the
50:14 December 1968
650:"Referendums in Tasmania"
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195:Registered voters/turnout
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550:Wrest Point Hotel Casino
255:Wrest Point Hotel Casino
1308:Referendums in Tasmania
166:Invalid or blank votes
654:Parliament of Tasmania
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531:Informal votes: 8,339
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592:"Tasmania got gamed"
278:Tasmanian government
667:Hsu, Cathy (2005).
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237:was a one-question
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600:. Retrieved
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554:
547:
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345:Valid votes
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316:Mac Le Fevre
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303:
298:
291:
287:Merv Everett
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234:
232:
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182:
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155:Valid votes
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120:
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18:
1255:Referendums
596:The Monthly
569:Kevin Lyons
293:The Mercury
178:Total votes
1297:Categories
602:28 January
575:References
274:Eric Reece
265:Background
239:referendum
54:1968-12-14
536:Aftermath
259:Sandy Bay
245:'s first
243:Australia
563:See also
501:182,701
498:206,144
446:Franklin
351:Against
199:206,144
158:182,701
88:Carried.
520:Summary
510:85,862
504:96,839
487:18,370
481:18,501
478:36,871
475:41,475
462:13,982
456:20,856
453:34,838
450:38,248
437:16,407
431:22,407
428:38,814
425:43,529
421:Denison
412:18,736
406:18,453
403:37,189
400:42,420
396:Braddon
387:18,367
381:16,622
378:34,989
375:40,472
329:Results
271:Premier
188:100.00%
183:206,144
172:11.37%
169:23,443
161:88.63%
150:47.00%
147:85,862
93:Results
85:Outcome
52: (
675:
632:
543:tender
513:47.00
507:53.00
495:Total
490:49.82
484:50.18
471:Wilmot
465:40.13
459:59.85
440:42.27
434:57.73
415:50.38
409:49.62
390:52.49
384:47.51
339:State
320:paired
282:casino
247:casino
131:53.00%
126:96,839
107:Votes
103:Choice
362:Vote
356:Vote
202:100%
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990:Next
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121:Yes
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